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What does the USAF not tolerate, as covered by the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? -
(ANSWER)Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation
What publication details the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? - (ANSWER)DAFI 36-2710
Who is charged with taking immediate and appropriate actions to address inappropriate behaviors or
allegations once they are made aware? - (ANSWER)commanders
What is prohibited discrimination? - (ANSWER)The use of terms that degrade or connote negative
statements pertaining to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, genetic info, and mental or
physical disability
What were the five key events starting in 1783 that led to President Theodore Roosevelt's establishment
of an Aeronautical Division in the US Army's Signal Corp of August 1907? - (ANSWER)1. 1783 - Invention
of the hot air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers
2. 1794 - est. of French Aerostatic Corps during Fr. Rev. War
3. 1853 - Creation of fixed-wing glider by Sir George Cayley
4. 1861 - US Balloon Corps est by Union during Civil War
5. early 1900s - Orville and Wilbur Wright's powered glider invented and flown
What is the oldest squadron in the USAF, established October 1912? - (ANSWER)1st Aero Squadron
Who were the first three American enlisted pilots? - (ANSWER)Vernon Burge, William Ocker, William
Lamkey
When and what established the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps? - (ANSWER)July 18, 1914; House
Resolution 5304
Which pilot had the most American aerial victories until WWII, known as "Fast Eddie" and the "Ace of
Aces"? - (ANSWER)Edward Rickenbacker
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Who was the first African-American pilot, known as "the Black Swallow of Death"? - (ANSWER)Eugene
Bullard
Which aviator sunk the captured German battleship Ostfriesland, known as the "Father of the USAF"? -
(ANSWER)William "Billy" Mitchell
What was the Question Mark Mission and which USAF Chief of Staff launched it? - (ANSWER)In 1929,
QM was initiated to showcase the capability and potential of aerial refueling; launched by Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz
Which general flew in the Question Mark mission as well as demonstrated daylight bombing campaigns
against Germany? - (ANSWER)Gen. Ira C. Eaker
When was the US Army Air Force established? - (ANSWER)June 20, 1941
Who was Chief of the Air Corps and later became Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces under
with its greatest amount of force and aircraft? - (ANSWER)Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
What event and when marked the the entry of the US into WW2? - (ANSWER)The Japanese Attack on
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
What President and Executive Order abolished racial discrimination and segregation in the USAF? -
(ANSWER)President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981
What group of Airmen led by Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. had nearly 1,000 black Americans who
destroyed 111 enemy aircraft and flew 200 escort missions over Germany and additionally prepared the
USAF to be the first of the US Armed Services to integrate? - (ANSWER)The Tuskegee Airmen
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Who were the Flying Tigers and who were they led by? - (ANSWER)AKA the First American Volunteer
Group, 3 squadrons of Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps, and civilian pilots that flew in support of
Nationalist China against the Japanese. Led by Capt. Claire Lee Chennault
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in WW2? - (ANSWER)A support agency est. during WW2
that mustered 150,000 members that served as mechanics, topographers, medical specialists, and
chemists
What was Operation Argument/Big Week - (ANSWER)An offensive from February 20-25 1944 that
secured Allied air supremacy over Europe, destroying 500 Luftwaffe fighters and killing 400 pilots
What did the Army Air Corps do on D-Day/Invasion of Normandy? - (ANSWER)Launched 8,722 sorties
against German defenses in France
Who became the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967 - (ANSWER)Paul W. Airey
Who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo, which while only causing minor damage, boosted American
morale and shocked Japanese leaders? - (ANSWER)James H. Doolittle
What 2 events forced the Japanese to surrender in WW2 and led to a 50-year standoff with the Soviet
Union? - (ANSWER)The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6, August 9, 1945,
respectively
When, what and who created a separate and independent Department of the Air Force? - (ANSWER)-
July 26, 1947
- National Security Act of 1947
- President Harry Truman
Who was the first female in the USAF - (ANSWER)Esther McGowin Blake
100% VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE!! ALREADY GRADED A+
What does the USAF not tolerate, as covered by the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? -
(ANSWER)Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation
What publication details the DAF Equal Opportunity Program? - (ANSWER)DAFI 36-2710
Who is charged with taking immediate and appropriate actions to address inappropriate behaviors or
allegations once they are made aware? - (ANSWER)commanders
What is prohibited discrimination? - (ANSWER)The use of terms that degrade or connote negative
statements pertaining to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, genetic info, and mental or
physical disability
What were the five key events starting in 1783 that led to President Theodore Roosevelt's establishment
of an Aeronautical Division in the US Army's Signal Corp of August 1907? - (ANSWER)1. 1783 - Invention
of the hot air balloon by the Montgolfier brothers
2. 1794 - est. of French Aerostatic Corps during Fr. Rev. War
3. 1853 - Creation of fixed-wing glider by Sir George Cayley
4. 1861 - US Balloon Corps est by Union during Civil War
5. early 1900s - Orville and Wilbur Wright's powered glider invented and flown
What is the oldest squadron in the USAF, established October 1912? - (ANSWER)1st Aero Squadron
Who were the first three American enlisted pilots? - (ANSWER)Vernon Burge, William Ocker, William
Lamkey
When and what established the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps? - (ANSWER)July 18, 1914; House
Resolution 5304
Which pilot had the most American aerial victories until WWII, known as "Fast Eddie" and the "Ace of
Aces"? - (ANSWER)Edward Rickenbacker
,OTS NOTETAKER NOTES STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
100% VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE!! ALREADY GRADED A+
Who was the first African-American pilot, known as "the Black Swallow of Death"? - (ANSWER)Eugene
Bullard
Which aviator sunk the captured German battleship Ostfriesland, known as the "Father of the USAF"? -
(ANSWER)William "Billy" Mitchell
What was the Question Mark Mission and which USAF Chief of Staff launched it? - (ANSWER)In 1929,
QM was initiated to showcase the capability and potential of aerial refueling; launched by Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz
Which general flew in the Question Mark mission as well as demonstrated daylight bombing campaigns
against Germany? - (ANSWER)Gen. Ira C. Eaker
When was the US Army Air Force established? - (ANSWER)June 20, 1941
Who was Chief of the Air Corps and later became Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces under
with its greatest amount of force and aircraft? - (ANSWER)Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
What event and when marked the the entry of the US into WW2? - (ANSWER)The Japanese Attack on
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
What President and Executive Order abolished racial discrimination and segregation in the USAF? -
(ANSWER)President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981
What group of Airmen led by Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. had nearly 1,000 black Americans who
destroyed 111 enemy aircraft and flew 200 escort missions over Germany and additionally prepared the
USAF to be the first of the US Armed Services to integrate? - (ANSWER)The Tuskegee Airmen
, OTS NOTETAKER NOTES STUDY SET WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
100% VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE!! ALREADY GRADED A+
Who were the Flying Tigers and who were they led by? - (ANSWER)AKA the First American Volunteer
Group, 3 squadrons of Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps, and civilian pilots that flew in support of
Nationalist China against the Japanese. Led by Capt. Claire Lee Chennault
What was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in WW2? - (ANSWER)A support agency est. during WW2
that mustered 150,000 members that served as mechanics, topographers, medical specialists, and
chemists
What was Operation Argument/Big Week - (ANSWER)An offensive from February 20-25 1944 that
secured Allied air supremacy over Europe, destroying 500 Luftwaffe fighters and killing 400 pilots
What did the Army Air Corps do on D-Day/Invasion of Normandy? - (ANSWER)Launched 8,722 sorties
against German defenses in France
Who became the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967 - (ANSWER)Paul W. Airey
Who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo, which while only causing minor damage, boosted American
morale and shocked Japanese leaders? - (ANSWER)James H. Doolittle
What 2 events forced the Japanese to surrender in WW2 and led to a 50-year standoff with the Soviet
Union? - (ANSWER)The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6, August 9, 1945,
respectively
When, what and who created a separate and independent Department of the Air Force? - (ANSWER)-
July 26, 1947
- National Security Act of 1947
- President Harry Truman
Who was the first female in the USAF - (ANSWER)Esther McGowin Blake
